AMD Opteron 6348 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6348 and Intel Xeon E7-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Opteron 6348

Intel Xeon E7-8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6348

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 70.40°C vs 69°C
4.8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1344 vs 1124

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	November 2012 vs April 2011
Number of cores	12 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature	70.40°C vs 69°C
L2 cache	12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1344 vs 1124

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870

8 more threads: 20 vs 12
Around 11% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24434 vs 13470

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 12
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 576 KB
L3 cache	30720 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	24434 vs 13470

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6348
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1344

1124

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13470

24434

Name	AMD Opteron 6348	Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark	1344	1124
PassMark - CPU mark	13470	24434

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6348	Intel Xeon E7-8870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Abu Dhabi	Westmere EX
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2012	April 2011
OPN Tray	OS6348WKTCGHK
Place in performance rating	1449	1369
Series	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E7-8870
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.8 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	315 mm	513 mm
L1 cache	576 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	30720 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.40°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	12	10
Number of threads	12	20
Transistor count	2400 million	2600 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory size		4 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	8
Sockets supported	G34	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		49.17mm x 56.47mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Peripherals
Scalability		S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)